It seems like everyone is trying to get you to buy a face computer these days. goal has seemingly endless peers; Google and Samsung They are about to go into action; Apple you might be interested. That’s not counting the variety of big popular brands like rocks and Alibaba that seek to replicate the success of Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses abroad.
Despite all that high-profile attention, there’s one thing I didn’t have on my bingo card, and it’s killer smart glasses wireless headphones in the trend. But, expected or not, here we are.
The sudden interest in smart glasses is creating a whole new category: open headphones with a camera. Quite a few couples have already appeared. Take the X1 from a company called Auriviewfor example, which advertises itself as an “AI bone conduction headset.” Worn on the head, this device looks like bone conduction headphones used for running or other exercises. The difference is that a 4K camera is located on the side, allowing for computer vision similar to that of the popular AI glasses made by Meta, as well as the ability to record video and take photos.
According to Auriview, the X1 is something of a tank, allowing up to 30 hours of continuous music playback. The Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses, by comparison, have a maximum of eight hours of battery life, but that life plummets when you factor in continuous use, such as audio playback.
The X1 is a bit Frankenstein. Other similar devices have appeared in recent months and are just as strange. a company called Roll meFor example, it has a device called Aircam, a device it advertises as “3-1 AI Camera Headphones.” Like the This one definitely leans into the wireless audio/headphones aspect of the form factor, as well as the “smart glasses” of it all.
If neither the X1 nor the Aircam were enough to convince you that there’s a trend afoot, there are also recent devices like the music chamber and the Mozin Fold M1 Proboth of which follow a similar format: AI cameras that have a heavy dose of headphones/headphones in their DNA.
Mozin Fold M1 Pro
After all, it wouldn’t be fun without these perverts.
A camera appears from the side of the open earcups.
The SoC is the WQ7034 (RISC-V) from WQMicro
It seems possible to play continuously for 40 hours. How many hours will the filming last?
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The idea seems a little ridiculous, but I guess it makes sense in one sense: they’re not glasses. For someone who likes the feature set of smart glasses but doesn’t want to, you know, wear glassesheadphones like this would make sense. That being said, I have no idea who that hypothetical person would be. If you don’t want to wear smart glasses because, for example, you’re afraid of looking like a doll, I don’t see how a big headset with a camera sticking out will solve the problem. Nothing about these headphones is discreet.
I also have questions about privacy. Smart glasses have They are criticized for slapping the cameras on people’s faces in a discreet form factor that allows the creepiest people among us to record without being noticed. To help mitigate that fear, smart glasses companies have included LED indicators that notify others when the glasses are recording. It is not a perfect solution, but yes somethingand the companies I mentioned above don’t even mention it.
Many of the products I just mentioned are made by relatively unknown companies, some of which are being crowdfunded, so I wouldn’t bet on bone conduction headphones with ugly cameras stuck to the side being the next big thing, but the wearables space is clearly in a state of experimentation, so I’d buckle up. Things are likely to get weird.
